Biology

Physiology

Darmanitan is a mainly red, squat ape-like Pokémon. Darmanitan has long, bushy flame-colored eyebrows, curled at the beginning portions, and round, black-ringed eyes. The upper portion of its tan-colored face is separated from the lower portion by a diagonal stripe of red, and its large mouth sports spiked teeth. All these facial features give the impression of a manic or angered expression. Darmanitan's head has no discernible neck to distinguish it from the rest of the body and its rounded back, which culminates in a stubby tail. It has long arms with spiky hair fringes on the wrists and large tan-colored hands, with a similar arrangement for its hind limbs. Additionally, Darmanitan's underside sports a patterning of three tan-colored ovals.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Under normal circumstances, Darmanitan are immensely strong physically; a single punch can destroy a dump truck.

Darmanitan with the ability Zen Mode have access to a second Form, when they have less than half of their health left. In this form, they turn blue and become more like a Daruma doll that's hard as a rock. They also gain Psychic as a secondary type. They experience an exchange in their Special Attack and Attack stats, their Defense and Special Defense almost double, and their Speed sharply drops. In "Zen Mode" they fight using their spiritual and emotional strength, but they're completely physically immobile. However, they can still use physical moves.

Behavior

These Pokémon are normally very active and fight using both physical and emotional strength.

A Darmanitan in Zen Mode is completely immobile, so it uses its psychic powers in place of its arms in order to do things such as gather and eat food.

Diet

In the anime

Darmanitan in the anime

Major appearances

A Darmanitan with Zen Mode along with two of its pre-evolved form Darumaka appeared in Saving Darmanitan From the Bell!. Darmanitan and the Darumaka lived in a Clock Tower. When the tower started to break, Darmanitan stopped the loose bell from collapsing. However, due to fatigue, it transformed into its Zen Mode and used its Psychic to keep the bell in midair, while the Darumaka stole food to keep its energy up.

Pokédex entries

Darmanitan, the Blazing Pokémon, and the evolved form of Darumaka. Darmanitan switches from Standard Mode to Zen Mode when it has little energy left.

This concludes the entries from the Best Wishes series.

In the manga

Regular Darmanitan in Pokémon RéBURST

Zen Mode Darmanitan in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

N is seen with a Darmanitan in the Black & White chapter. It was one of the Pokémon in his possession that participated in the awakening of Zekrom. Later, it had a battle with Alder and lost to his Escavalier despite the type-advantage and using Zen Mode.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

In the Pokémon RéBURST manga

Ryouga and Miruto were pushed into a the home of some Darmanitan by Yappy so he could get pictures of Ryouga's Burst form. After finding out the Darmanitan were protecting some sick Darumaka, they healed them and left.

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Origin

Darmanitan's physical appearance is based on an ape and the Daruma doll. It is also likely based on the the adage of the three wise monkeys—"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil"—as Darmanitan in their Zen Mode have their eyes become blank, their mouths shut tightly and their ears covered, sitting patiently in contrast to its bold posture in Standard Mode. Its Zen Mode may also be a reference to Bodhidharma, achieving enlightenment.

Name origin

Darmanitan is a combination of Dharma (alternate spelling of daruma) and orangutan. It may also involve titan.

Hihidaruma is a combination of ヒヒ hihi (baboon) and Daruma and is a pun on 火達磨 hidaruma ("the state of being on fire").